Portable seat for water-closets



(No Model.)

H. H. TITTMANN. PORTABLE SEAT FOR WATER OLOSETS.

Patented July 9; 1889.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HAROLD H TITTMANN, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

PORTA BLE SEAT FOR WATER-CLOSETS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 406,604, dated July 9,1889.

Application filed February 11, 1889; Serial No. 299,406. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HAROLD H. TITTMAN N, a citizen of the United States,residing at the city of St. Louis, State of Missouri, have in vented acertain new afld useful Improved Portable Seat for Water-Closets and thelike, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to anovel arrangement of portable covering or seatfor water-closets, commodes, and chamber utensils, and has for itsobject to promote health and cleanliness by removing the danger ofinfection. or chills arising from the use of the above-namedconveniences when unprotected by my device.

It consists, essentially, in a removable seat having the usual apertureand made in two parts hinged together, combined with other features ofnovelty, as hereinafter described. On the accompanying drawings, Figure1 represents a plan of my improved seat; Fig. 2, a sectional elevationthereof on line 1 1 in Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a side elevation thereof, takenat right angles to Fig. 2. Fig. 4 shows the device folded together whennot in use; and Fig. 5, a modification of the arrangement shown in Fig.2, broken away, like letters of reference denoting like parts in all thefigures. a represents a seat, made. of wood or any other suitablematerial, in two parts or flaps hinged together at b, and formed thereatwith a central aperture 0, corresponding with the opening in thewater-closet seat or other contrivance to which the device is applied.The seat a is preferably provided with legs (1, secured to its underside by hinges 6, so that when the legs cl are not in use for elevatingthe seat a, as hereinafter referred to, they may be folded inward andupward against the under side of the latter, as indicated by dottedlines in Fig. 2. The abutting edges of the two sections of the seat areeach provided on their under sides with cleats b, of about the samethickness as the legs, to which cleats the hinges b are secured. Thesecleats not only serve to strengthen the seat when in use, but also allowthe. entire structure to be more compactly folded. I

The legs (1 may be locked or held in the upright position for elevatingthe seat aby raking stays or hooks f, which are carried by the bars d,connecting adjacent legs (1, and engage in eyes g, fixed to the underside of the seat a, as seen in Fig. 2; or in lieu of hooks f the legsd(see Fig. 5,) when located for elevating the seat a, may be inclinedoutward from the latter and held by their upper ends or connecting-barsd which bear against the overhanging under side of the seat a thereat;or the legs may be locked in the upright position by any other suitablemeans. The two parts or flaps of the seat a being opened out to the samelevel on their hinges b, with the legs (1 folded up against them, asshown by full and dotted lines, respectively, in Fig. 2, the seat a islaid upon an ordinary watercloset seat or commode and serves as a cleanand dry protector thereto.

hen used for a chamber utensil, the legs (Z, are opened out, as shown inFigs. 2 and 3, so as to elevate the seat a, with its aperture 0, abovethe opening of the utensil, which is suitably located beneath.

Vhen not in use, the flaps of the seat a and its legs (Z may be foldedup on their respective hinges b 6 into the position shown in Fig. i, forconvenience of carriage or storage.

By this invention the evils arising to delicate persons and childrenfrom the use of wet or dirty seats are avoided.

I claim as my invention- 1. A portable closet-seat composed of twoseat-sections, each section having a semicircular orifice in one edgeand each section provided at its opposite edge with legs hinged .to foldagainst the under side thereof, said sections connected together oneither side of the semicircular orifices by oifset hinges, whereby theseat-sections may fold together substantially parallel to each other andaccommodate the folded legs between them, substantially as and for thepurposes described.

2. A portable closet-seat composed of two sections, each section havinga semicircular orifice in one edge, said sections havingstrengthening-cleats secured to the under side of their abutting edgesand hinged together at said edges to fold together, and each sectionprovided at the opposite edge with legs hinged to fold against andbetween the seat- ICO sections, substantially as and for the purposesdescribed.

3. A portable closet-seat composed of two seat-sections, each sectionhaving a semicircular orifice in one edge and each section provided atits opposite edge with hinged legs 5 adapted to fold against the underside thereof, said sections connected at their edges having thesemicircular orifices by offset hinges, whereby the said sections mayfold together substantially parallel and accommodate the 10 folded legsbetween them, and locking devices secured to the legs and seat-sectionsfor holding the legs upright While the seat is in use, substantially asand for the purposes described.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature, in presence of twoWitnesses this 4th day of February-,1S89.

HAROLD I-I. TITTMANN.

WVitnesses:

PAUL BAKEWELL, S. L. SCHRADER.

